THE BLOG

Mario Bunge, a professor at McGill University, wanted to ban the teaching of religion in college. Fortunately, McGill did not comply.

Steven Weinberg claimed to know there is nothing after death. Yet how could he possibly "know" this?

Jerry Coyne states that the Bible has never preceded science's knowledge about the universe. Yet it has.

Lawrence Krauss presumed to answer why things exist but, instead, sought to explain how they exist. Is why not important?

Ayn Rand believed her identity as a person granted her rights. However, others disagree. If human rights are real, what is their source?

David Silverman abhors religion - all religion - and claims it deserves to die! Is his contempt justified?

Did Bill Murray (Madalyn Murray O'Hair's son) reject atheism because of Stockholm Syndrome or was it a rational decision?

H L Mencken said Jesus just thought he rose from the dead - it was an "honest mistake." Or was it actually the fulfillment of God's plan?

Hector Avalos, a biblical studies professor at Iowa State, said Jesus was hateful, violent, imperialistic, anti-Jewish, and more! Really?

Ayn Rand's negative reaction to communism makes sense. However, is selfishness really a virtue?

Scientists frequently personify nature. Is nature really like a person or is a "person" behind nature? Perhaps that "person" is God.

David Fitzgerald claims the account of King Herod killing the baby boys of Bethlehem is a myth. However, evidence suggests it happened.

"New Atheism" claims to be new but it seems to have changed very little in 100 years.

“The order to ‘love thy neighbor’ is mild and yet stern: a reminder of one’s duty to others. The order to ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’...

Is religion really the biggest cause of war as many atheists claim? Not when you look at history.

Many atheists contend that extreme pain and suffering is proof God does not exist. Could a good God have a good reason for allowing it?

Sam Harris says atheism is not a worldview. Instead, it's a statement of the obvious. Is he correct?

Philosopher Paul Kurtz claimed people created God. Was God invented, revealed or concluded?

Bertrand Russell questioned whether Jesus had even existed. What would 1st century sources say?

Is science the only discipline that can provide a perspective on God?